According to the report, it is not clear which party broke the ceasefire. The Houthis accused foreign Salafist extremists from the village of Dammaj for violating the truce, while the Salafists accused the Houthis for the same offense. Sourur al-Wadii told reporters via telephone from Dammaj that "the truce lasted only two hours, due to the Houthis' intransigence."

The short-lived ceasefire was announced Monday by UN special envoy to Yemen, Jamal Benomar, following fatal clashes between the two sides in Dammaj last week. The Houthis besieged the city, accusing the Sunni extremists of having "transformed the centre of Dammaj into a real barracks for thousands of armed foreigners." Fighting between the two sides predominantly occurred around the Mazraa mosque and a Koranic school in the city. Local sources say that at least 11 people were killed from the fighting, but the Salafists says that the death toll was closer to 50.